There’s this harmless annual hike up some mountain in California each year and hot, fit guys do this wearing speedos. However, Claremont College’s On the Loose outdoors club won’t be holding the event this year because some people in that college don’t think it’s “inclusive” enough.

This distressing news comes by way of the club’s Facebook page, via a post explaining that the group wants to be a “more open and inclusive space.”

They feel the event’s very existence “unintentionally sent the message that to participate in OTL, you must be fit and comfortable with your body image.”

The owner of a gay bar in Philadelphia called ICandy, Darryl DePiano, was caught on camera using a racial slur…the “N” word.

The issue of racism at LGBTQ bars and clubs was one of concern even before this video came to light. A group called the Black and Brown Workers Collective led protests last week in the gayborhood, stopping at several places including ICandy.

You can check this out here. There’s a video of him using the word, and DePiano has made a long apology. You can check out a link to his Facebook page with my link. There are a lot of comments and it’s sparked a heated discussion. Personally, I despise that word, and for the same reasons why I despise the “Queer” word whenever I see it used in reference to gay people. Words do matter.

Author of over 100 published LGBT romance novels and stories, including AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN and best selling VIRGIN BILLIONAIRE SERIES. Hates beets.
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